History Recap / TerminatorTheSarahConnorChroniclesS1E7TheDemonHand

* TheCastShowoff: Creator/SummerGlau , a former ballet dancer, gets to show off her ballet skills. Cameron, however, is "robotic" in her movements.

Cameron infiltrates the police station looking for the hand, but does not find it. Sarah breaks into Agent Ellison's home - she doesn't find the hand (hidden in the freezer), but sees that he is investigating her files from the mental hospital. She steals one of the interview tapes (intending to destroy it) that shows her signing away her parental rights as John's mother. John finds the tape in her bag and watches it. Someone else for Sarah to make amends with. She explains that she immediately regretted signing, and planned to break out that day... the same day that John and the other Terminators broke in for her.

Derek is "better, but still pretty out of it", expressing a severe distrust of "that thing" Cameron.

Ellison visits the mental insitution, then tracks down psychiatrist Dr Silberman, who retired after Sarah escaped in 1995. At Silberman's home, at first the doctor is polite and accommodating, but he drugs and ties up Ellison, believing him to be a Terminator, and stabs him in the leg to check. After talking with Ellison for a little while about what he saw in 1995, Silberman sounds to believe that Sarah is not insane... but takes the Terminator hand and then sets his own house on fire, leaving Agent Ellison to die. Luckily, Sarah shows up at this time, knocks out Silberman, frees Ellison, and takes the hand.

Meanwhile Cameron goes undercover as a (suspiciously proficient) ballet dancer, attending the ballet classes run by Dmitri's sister. Protecting her from a Russian loan shark earns her trust, and she takes Cameron to where The Turk's business partner is hiding. Dimitri tells Cameron that he changed The Turk's programming to fail in the final round, and he has sold The Turk to someone else. He gives Cameron a business card, then the russians arrive... Cameron leaves the Shipkov's to die as the mobsters storm the apartments.

Ellison has Dr Silberman commited to the mental hospital where he used to work. Cameron torches the hand. Reese witnesses Cameron practising ballet in her room, and is brought to tears.

* DarkestHour: Sarah signing away her parental rights to John in the asylum. She reassures him that she regretted it instantly, and would have broken out of the hospital to find him anyway if the two Terminators hadn't arrived.

* ItIsDehumanizing: Derek won't call Cameron by a name, and warns Sarah that if they try to train it "like a pet," it will be the last thing they do.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Derek has a PTSD episode, triggered by the music Cameron dances to[[note]]which is very similar to, if not the same, piece from when he was held prison in the previous episode[[/note]], that brings him to ManlyTears.

* NotSoDifferent: First, Cameron's attempts to relate to the Russian ballet teacher. They both have chess-playing brothers they're trying to protect. At the end of the episode, as Derek watches Cameron dance, Sarah's voiceover states that when machines can appreciate beauty and create art, they'll "be us."

* ShellShockedVeteran: Derek has a PTSD episode, triggered by the music Cameron dances to[[note]]which is very similar to, if not the same, piece from when he was held prison in the previoous episode[[/note]], that brings him to ManlyTears.

The Connors search for Vick the Terminator's missing hand, and discover that it has been taken by Ellison.

Cameron goes undercover in a ballet class taught by the sister of Dmitri, Andy Goode's former business partner, on the track of the Turk.

John watches a video of Sarah's stay in the mental hospital, that Sarah stole while searching Ellison's house for the hand, and discovers that on the day before the events of ''Terminator 2'', Sarah legally gave up her parental rights to him. He feels betrayed at the discovery that his mother had such a moment of weakness.

Ellison seeks out Sarah's old psychiatrist Dr. Silberman, and gets more than he bargained for.

* CallBack : Dr. Silberman describes his encounters with the T-800 and T-1000 in T2 to Ellison.

* HouseFire : Silberman sets his house on fire, leaving Ellison. Sarah rescues him.

* LaserGuidedKarma : At the end of the episode, Dr. Silberman gets locked in the same cell Sarah used to occupy.
* NotSoDifferent: First, Cameron's attempts to relate to the Russian ballet teacher. They both have chess-playing brothers they're trying to protect. At the end of the episode, as Derek watches Cameron dance, Sarah's voiceover states that if machines can create art and beauty, they'll "be us."

* ShellShockedVeteran: Derek has a PTSD episode, triggered by the music Cameron dances to, that brings him to ManlyTears.

* WrongGenreSavvy : Silberman thinks Ellison is a terminator...Until he stabs him in the leg. Oops.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness : When Cameron finishes with the Russians, she walks away and [[spoiler: lets them be killed by apparent assassins]].

While Sarah continues to grieve for Andy Good, Cameron goes looking for the T-888's hand, which went missing from the FBI's evidence locker. Sarah finds out Andy Good's partner, the Russian, has a sister who teaches ballet. Cameron begins taking ballet classes. She offers to help the Russian and his sister.

Agent Ellison watches the tapes from Sarah's incarceration, and visits Pescadero to find out that everyone who was there has moved on in one way or another. Sarah breaks into Ellison's office and finds the evidence from her case file, including her videotaped sessions. This raises a flag, as Ellison appears to be the only one who can put all the pieces together.

John comes home from school and finds Derek re-loading all the weapons. They discuss Charley, and Cameron's role in their group. Derek tells him not to trust "it." Later, he asks about Kyle. Sarah offers to take Derek to Kyle's resting place.

Silberman questions Ellison about the coming apocalypse.

* CallBack : John tells Derek about Todd and Janelle, the foster parents the T1000 killed in T2.

* ShoutOut: Another CallBack to T2 has Cameron dressing in motorcycle cop gear. And Sarah's "nuclear" dreams on [[ConfessionCam video]]. The video is also a CallBack to the first film, when Kyle Reese screamed at Silberman that killing is what they do.

!!! Plot

While Sarah continues to grieve for Andy Good, Cameron goes looking for the T-888's hand, which went missing from the FBI's evidence locker. Sarah finds out Andy Good's partner, the Russian, has a sister who teaches ballet. Cameron begins taking ballet classes. She offers to help the Russian and his sister.

Agent Ellison watches the tapes from Sarah's incarceration, and visits Pescadero to find out that everyone who was there has moved on in one way or another. Sarah breaks into Ellison's office and finds the evidence from her case file, including her videotaped sessions. This raises a flag, as Ellison appears to be the only one who can put all the pieces together.

John comes home from school and finds Derek re-loading all the weapons. They discuss Charley, and Cameron's role in their group. Derek tells him not to trust "it." Later, he asks about Kyle. Sarah offers to take Derek to Kyle's resting place.

Silberman questions Ellison about the coming apocalypse.

!!! Tropes

* BeautifulDreamer: A non-romantic version. Sarah has a habit of watching people sleep, particularly John. In this episode, she stares at Derek before trying to change his bandage.
* CallBack : John tells Derek about Todd and Janelle, the foster parents the T1000 killed in T2.
* TheCastShowoff: Creator/SummerGlau , a former ballet dancer, gets to show off her ballet skills. Cameron, however, is "robotic" in her movements.
* HouseFire : Silberman sets his house on fire, leaving Ellison. Sarah rescues him.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Derek won't call Cameron by a name, and warns Sarah that if they try to train it "like a pet," it will be the last thing they do.
* LaserGuidedKarma : At the end of the episode, Dr. Silberman gets locked in the same cell Sarah used to occupy.
* NotSoDifferent: First, Cameron's attempts to relate to the Russian ballet teacher. They both have chess-playing brothers they're trying to protect. At the end of the episode, as Derek watches Cameron dance, Sarah's voiceover states that if machines can create art and beauty, they'll "be us."
* ShellShockedVeteran: Derek has a PTSD episode, triggered by the music Cameron dances to, that brings him to ManlyTears.
* ShoutOut: Another CallBack to T2 has Cameron dressing in motorcycle cop gear. And Sarah's "nuclear" dreams on [[ConfessionCam video]]. The video is also a CallBack to the first film, when Kyle Reese screamed at Silberman that killing is what they do.
* WrongGenreSavvy : Silberman thinks Ellison is a terminator...Until he stabs him in the leg. Oops.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness : When Cameron finishes with the Russians, she walks away and [[spoiler: lets them be killed by apparent assassins]].

While Sarah continues to grieve for Andy Good, Cameron goes looking for the T-888's hand, which went missing from the FBI's evidence locker. Sarah finds out Andy Good's partner, the Russian, has a sister who teaches ballet. Cameron begins taking ballet classes.

John comes home from school and finds Derek re-loading all the weapons. They discuss Charley, and Cameron's role in their group. Derek tells him not to trust "it."